It is floating, how do you guys calculate the salt amount per gallon of water I'm using red sea salt (blue bucket)Is it floating or resting on the bottom? It has to be able to float and adjust due to the salinity. A couple of fellow members posted a link to a cylinder that most of us use with these. I'm not sure what you are using.
So to your question:
A - salinity could be off
B - the hydrometer doesn't have enough room to operate properly
Not a great reference but one never the less - it floats.
Roughly 950g per 25L gives you 35ppt salinity. You would have to do your american measure translations here, as I am not that familiar with gallons, cups and horse steps.
If it's that high you have way too much salt. I use that salt and its ~1/2 cup per 1 gallon of water for 35ppt. I fine tune it little here and there but that will get you super close
I think its a half cup per gallon but,I make 50 gallons at a time. Here's how I do it. I buy the 200 gallon box of Reef Chrystals. They come in 4 separate bags in the box. I dump about a 1/4 of 1 bag at a time in to make sure it dissolves completely. It usually takes just the one bag but every once and a while I'll have to add a little bit more.
